PM sets out five-point recovery plan
Gordon Brown will call for global finance reform when he unveils his five-point economic recovery plan in a speech today, ahead of Saturday's economic summit in Washington. The Prime Minister is expected to use his annual foreign policy speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet in the City of London... [continued]
The Mole: Brown asserts his authority with committee crackdown on rebels 
Richard Ehrman: Bank's desperate bid for relevance
The Business Pages: All the latest on the financial crisis
Obama set to reverse Bush policies
President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to move quickly to overturn hundreds of policies enforced by the Bush administration when he enters the White House in January. Early targets for reform are likely to include lifting restrictions on stem cell research and blocking moves to allow oil and gas... [continued]
Rahm Emanuel joins Obama administration
Alexander Cockburn: America is eager to stand tall again
In pictures: World cheers Obama victory
What they're saying about Obama
Charles Laurence: Euphoria in Harlem
UN: Congo killings are ‘war crimes’
The United Nations has accused militias and Tutsi rebels of war crimes following the killings of Congolese civilians. According to Human Rights Watch at least 50 people were murdered in Kiwanja, in the east of the country where Tutsi rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda's forces have seized large swathes of... [continued]
Will Self: Miliband postures in the heart of Congo's darkness
In pictures: Congo crisis
Stirrup: Iraq troops should not be redeployed to Afghanistan
British troops serving in Iraq should not be redeployed to Afghanistan when numbers in Basra are cut next year, the head of the armed forces warned yesterday. Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, Britain's chief of the defence staff, said troops operating in Iraq need a break and called for... [continued]
Baghdad twin bombs kill at least 22
At least 22 people have been killed in twin bomb blasts in Baghdad in one of the deadliest attacks seen in Iraq in months. The bombings occurred just moments apart during the morning rush hour in the mainly Sunni district of Adhamiya. The first bomb, which went off in... [continued]
Foreign Office warns Bali tourists
The Foreign Office has warned British travellers that the execution of the three Bali bombers could provoke "retaliatory attacks" against tourists in Indonesia. The department issued the warning after protests escalated following the firing-squad executions on Saturday night. Amrozi Nurhasyim, 47, his brother Ali Ghufron, 48, and Imam Samudra,... [continued]
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